What stories have you heard about God? Would you be shocked to know that He rescued one woman who was a prostitute from a city He was about to destroy? In this episode, Lisa Appelo and I explore Rahab’s bold faith, God’s stunning mercy, and the hope it offers to anyone with a broken past. Her story reminds us that no one is too far gone for God’s grace. 

Judgy Series

Guest: Lisa Appelo

Bible Passage: Rahab Hides the Spies - Joshua 2:1-13 NKJV

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Lisa Appelo

Lisa Appelo is a widow and mom to seven amazing children. As a founding member of Widow Mama Collective, a Facebook community for young widows, she helps women find hope in the hard places of loss. A popular blogger, Lisa loves seeing women flourish in the strength of God's promises. You can connect with her at www.lisaappelo.com.

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Do you feel "disqualified" from receiving God's mercy? Are you stuck in shame over your past, or particular sins? Or is there someone else you think of as disqualified? 

Lisa Appelo joins me for a conversation about Rahab, the prostitute, and the surprise of God's mercy when she chose to side with Him. This story shows that none of us is too far gone for God to redeem.

Judgy Series

Guest: Lisa Appelo

Bible Passage: Rahab Hides the Spies - Joshua 2:1-13 NKJV

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Music: Cade Popkin

Lisa Appelo

Lisa Appelo is a widow and mom to seven amazing children. As a founding member of Widow Mama Collective, a Facebook community for young widows, she helps women find hope in the hard places of loss. A popular blogger, Lisa loves seeing women flourish in the strength of God's promises. You can connect with her at www.lisaappelo.com.

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Visit www.shannonpopkin.com/promises/ to learn more about my six-week Bible study with Our Daily Bread, titled, "Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith." Learn how you too can be shaped by the promises of our faithful God. 

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Have you been trying to influence the people around you by steamrolling over them? If you try to control and micromanage, they’ll resist your influence, not embrace it. But if your faith is in God, and you’re receiving wisdom from Him, you’ll become a faith-building asset to those you have influence over.

I have Katie M. Reid, author of a new study, “God, What Do I Do?” with me today. We’re talking about the story of Deborah—a woman who was called a “Mother of Israel.” How did she invest in the children of her nation? She stewarded her influence with the men in her life, rather than bulldozing over them. Join us for a conversation from a story in the book of Judges and learn how you too can be a woman who trusts God and stewards your influence well.

Other Episodes on Historical Stories of the Bible 

Guest: Katie M. Reid

Bible Passage: Judges for Israel - Judges 4 CSB

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Katie M. Reid

KATIE M. REID is a Bible teacher, author, and podcaster. Trained in education, Katie teaches around her kitchen table, in the classroom, and around the country. She cohosts The Martha + Mary Show and runs the Martha + Mary Show Sisterhood group on Facebook. Katie is a pastor’s wife and worship leader. Following Jesus, marrying her husband, and being a mom to five are the best decisions she’s made.

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Visit www.shannonpopkin.com/promises/ to learn more about my six-week Bible study with Our Daily Bread, titled, "Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith." Learn how you too can be shaped by the promises of our faithful God. 

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How do we talk with our kids about salvation without overwhelming them or avoiding the hard stuff?

In today’s conversation, I’m joined by Champ Thornton, author of 10 Questions About Salvation. We're talking about how to help kids understand faith, repentance, judgment, and mercy in a way that’s both truthful and tender.

Champ shares from his own experience and gives practical encouragement for having those deep, meaningful conversations about the gospel right at home.

Guest: Champ Thornton

Bible Passage: Pharaoh and the Plagues - Exodus 7-12 ESV

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Champ Thornton

Champ Thornton (PhD, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the director of children and family resources at Crossway and the author of numerous books for kids and families. He and his wife, Robben, live in Newark, Delaware, and have three children. You can learn more about Champ at champthornton.com.

10 Questions about Salvation 

Presenting 10 questions in 30 readings on one important faith topic, this volume helps middle-grade readers (ages 8–14) understand salvation and find joy, security, and hope in God's gracious love. Readers can work through the 30 readings in any order they choose. Questions the book asks and answers include:

• What is salvation?
• How do I become a Christian?
• How should being a Christian affect my daily life?
• Can I ever lose my salvation?

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What if I find the flood kind of offensive? What if it makes me uncomfortable? If Jesus is kind and forgiving, how can God just end everybody? 

Lindsay Schott joins me to explore the flood narrative, where God grieves over human wickedness but also offers mercy through rescue. Lindsay shares how God transformed her judgy heart and gave her more compassion, and we talked about how trust is admitting God knows more than we do. 

Guest: Lindsay Schott

Bible Passage: Noah and the Flood - Genesis 6-9

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Lindsay Schott

Lindsay Schott is a watercolorist, Women’s Ministry Teacher at Stonegate Church and co-founder of Teach Equip. She has a passion for women to know the scripture and to experience deep transformation in relationship with Jesus and others. Lindsay is also the co-author of Trying: Reflections on Faith Through Infertility, Miscarriage, and Loss. She and her husband, Landon, live in the Dallas area with their four children, Hannah, Ruby, Piper and Ben. You can see Lindsay's watercolor work at lindsayschott.com and see her creative journey on Instagram @lindsayschottwatercolor.  

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Visit www.shannonpopkin.com/promises/ to learn more about my six-week Bible study with Our Daily Bread, titled, "Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith." Learn how you too can be shaped by the promises of our faithful God. 

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What happens when a woman deeply entrenched in New Age invites her new community of Christian friends over to her house filled with Hindu statues and oracle cards? In part 2 of my conversation with Kara Seymour, she shares about how her new relationship with Jesus changed everything—but not immediately. Kara talks about the beautiful community and sisterhood she's experienced, but also some responses of judgment.

We're kicking off our Judgy series—looking at stories of judgment and mercy from the Bible and how to live like it's true that our God is a merciful Judge. I loved getting to overlay some thoughts from several Bible stories about mercy into my conversation with Kara.

Guest: Kara Seymour

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Bible Passage: Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman - Luke 7:35-50

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Kara Seymour

Kara Seymour is a woman whose life was radically transformed by the power of the gospel. After spending over 20 years deeply immersed in New Age spirituality—both personally and professionally—she encountered Jesus in January 2024 in a way that completely upended her worldview. Within weeks, she surrendered her life to Him, walked away from deception, and stepped into the freedom only Christ can offer. Today, Kara leads Pasta + Prayers, an online community of over 200 women around the world, where she helps others discover the truth of God’s Word through faith, fellowship, and homemade pasta.

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Kara Seymour was deeply entrenched in the New Age movement as a Kundalini yogi. She was also thoroughly convinced that Christians were judgmental, boring, and brainwashed. So she was as surprised as anyone when she met a group of Christian women who became her new best friends.

I can't wait for you to hear her amazing story of transformation, the judgment she felt outside and inside the Church, and how her relationship with Jesus has changed her life.

We're kicking off our Judgy Girl series, where we're looking at stories of judgment and mercy from the Bible and how to live like it's true that our God is a merciful Judge. I'm weaving in some thoughts about several Bible stories of mercy into my conversation with Kara.

Guest: Kara Seymour

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Kara Seymour

Kara Seymour is a woman whose life was radically transformed by the power of the gospel. After spending over 20 years deeply immersed in New Age spirituality—both personally and professionally—she encountered Jesus in January 2024 in a way that completely upended her worldview. Within weeks, she surrendered her life to Him, walked away from deception, and stepped into the freedom only Christ can offer. Today, Kara leads Pasta + Prayers, an online community of over 200 women around the world, where she helps others discover the truth of God’s Word through faith, fellowship, and homemade pasta.

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When your heart is breaking, what does it look like to notice God's goodness? Can gratitude grow in the soil of deep grief?

In this episode of the Live Like It's True podcast, I'm talking with Allison Brost—who lost a child—about how grief and gratitude can intertwine in the most unexpected ways. Listen in as we talk about the healing power of gratitude in the story of the one leper who turned back to thank Jesus. Even in your sorrow, there’s an invitation to return to God with a grateful heart.

Guest: Allison Brost

Bible Passage: Jesus Heals Ten Men with Leprosy - Luke 17:11-19

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Allison Brost

Allison Brost is the author of the book, "Grateful: 30 Days of Growing in Thankfulness," and an independent singer/songwriter from Janesville, WI. She loves to share daily encouragement online for those journeying in their faith at This Side of Perfect. Her passion is to share words of hope—both through books and song—that can point people to Jesus and uplift the church. When she’s not busy homeschooling her kids or leading worship, you can find her sitting outside, most likely with a cup of tea in hand.

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What is the answer to your most desperate prayer? Could the answer to your complex situation actually be quite simple?

Join us for part 2 of this episode on the Live Like It's True podcast, where Shannon and Rachel Wojo finish their conversation on the story of Hannah's complex prayer to the Lord. She is desperate. She is misjudged. And yet she sees that Lord is the answer for which she is looking.

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Guest: Rachel Wojo

Bible Passage: The Birth of Samuel - 1 Samuel 1:1-19

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Music: Cade Popkin

Rachel Wojo

Rachel Wojo is an inspirational author, public speaker, podcaster known for her popular blog, rachelwojo.com. Through her biblical approach and personal life experiences, Rachel empowers women to discover strength and hope in everyday situations. Despite enduring the loss of her mother, adult special needs daughter, and father, Rachel remains resilient. She has authored the uplifting book, One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up, and is set to release her new work, Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments (10/8/24). Rachel is crazy in love with her husband, Matt, and cherishes her motherhood with six children on earth and two in heaven.

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Have you ever felt desperate in your times of trial or grief? Have you been mad or hopeless about your situation?

Join us for part 1 of this episode on the Live Like It's True podcast, where Shannon interviews Rachel Wojo about the loss of her daughter and associated times of her desperately praying to the Lord. By looking at the story of Hannah in 1 Samuel, they see the beauty of Hannah's going to God with her pain and seeking His will her life. We hope this conversation will encourage you, too, to live like the story is true and go to the Lord in your own times of desperation.

Where else can I listen to this podcast?

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Guest: Rachel Wojo

Bible Passage: The Birth of Samuel - 1 Samuel 1:1-19

Get your Free Resource: 20 Page Workbook

Recommended Resources: 

• Check out Rachel's new book, Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments, at my Amazon Storefront HERE

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Music: Cade Popkin

Rachel Wojo

Rachel Wojo is an inspirational author, public speaker, podcaster known for her popular blog, rachelwojo.com. Through her biblical approach and personal life experiences, Rachel empowers women to discover strength and hope in everyday situations. Despite enduring the loss of her mother, adult special needs daughter, and father, Rachel remains resilient. She has authored the uplifting book, One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up, and is set to release her new work, Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments (10/8/24). Rachel is crazy in love with her husband, Matt, and cherishes her motherhood with six children on earth and two in heaven.

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Get your Free Live Like It's True Workbook.

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Search by Section of the Bible or Series! We've now made it easy for you to search for an episode on a particular story of the Bible.   

Download your FREE Live Like it's true Workbook. Here are Shannon's favorite tools for studying the narrative sections of your Bible on your own, or with friends. 

Learn more at ShannonPopkin.com.